Vegetables Primary — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Vegetables Primary — Production was 1.78 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 1.78 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 154.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.79 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 100,500 t, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 66th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,200 t | 100,500 t | 192,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 346,878 t | 183,200 t | 513,862 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 891,994 t | 376,807 t | 1.41 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.52 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.73 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 million t | 1.17 million t | 1.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 936,123 t | 648,300 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 million t | 1.54 million t | 1.79 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 63 Azerbaijan 1.86 million t compare
- 64 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.82 million t compare
- 65 Dominican Republic 1.79 million t compare
- 67 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.56 million t compare
- 68 Greece 1.55 million t compare
- 69 Malaysia 1.53 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 15.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 3.6% (2025)
- Rural population 5.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 33.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 34,585 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Vegetables primary — production in Saudi Arabia was 1.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,500 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 66th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.